3.12.W - Lesson: Diabetes

Question 1

List five risk factors for diabetes. If you have a personal risk factor, indicate that.

Answer 1

Your Answer:
Five risk factors of diabetes include hearing impairment, kidney damage, cardiovascular disease, foot damage, and skin conditions.

Question 2

What is a problem with the body that causes blood glucose (sugar) levels to rise higher than normal? (Choose two.)
Diabetes
Hypertension
Hyperglycemia
Aneurysm
Hypoglycemia

Answer 2

Diabetes
Hyperglycemia

Question 3

When you eat, your body breaks food down into glucose and sends it into the blood. __________ then helps move the glucose from the blood into your cells.
Carbohydrates
Electricity
Insulation
Insulin
Glucose

Answer 3

Insulin

Question 4

People with type 1 diabetes must take __________ several times a day to keep their blood sugar levels under control.
Aspirin
Sugar tablets
Glucose tablets
Insulin

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

Type 1 diabetes is not __________, and it is not __________. (Choose two.)
Treatable
Caused by eating sugar
Contagious
Insulin-dependent
Controllable

Answer 5

Caused by eating sugar
Contagious

Question 6

Which of the following are risk factors for type 1 diabetes? (Select all that apply.)
Age (being younger)
Genetics
Geographic location
High vitamin D levels
Family history
Height

Answer 6

Age (being younger)
Genetics
Geographic location
Family history

Question 7

People from which of the following ethnic groups have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes? (Select all that apply.)
Asian Americans
African Americans
Hispanics
Caucasians
American Indians

Answer 7

Asian Americans
African Americans
Hispanics
American Indians

Question 8

Which of the following are possible complications of diabetes? (Select all that apply.)
Hand damage
Hearing impairment
Alzheimer’s disease
Foot fungus
Foot damage
Unexplained weight gain
Skin conditions

Answer 8

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Question 9

Which of the following are risk factors for type 2 diabetes? (Select all that apply.)
Physical inactivity
Family history
Being overweight or obese
Low blood pressure
Being underweight
Ethnic background
History of hyperglycemia, prediabetes, and/or gestational diabetes

Answer 9

Physical inactivity
Family history
Being overweight or obese
Ethnic background
History of hyperglycemia, prediabetes, and/or gestational diabetes

Question 10

What is another name for glucose?
Fiber
Insulin
Sugar
Lipids

Answer 10

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Question 11

Which of the following are risk factors for type 2 diabetes? (Select all that apply.)
Regular physical activity
Abnormal triglyceride and/or cholesterol levels
High blood pressure
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Being underweight

Answer 11

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